BOURGEOIS  , a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word, properly meaning a See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

freeman of a bourg or See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; later the See also:

• TERM

term came to have the wider significance of the whole class lying between the ouvriers or workmen and the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, and is now used generally of the trading See also:

• MIDDLE

middle-class of any See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, the word (pronounced burjoice') is used of a type coming in See also:

• SIZE

size between longprimer and brevier; the derivation is supposed to be from the name of a French printer, otherwise unknown .